ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 20, 2017

In public relations, it’s often said that you’re only as good as your media contacts. We at Crenshaw pride ourselves on nurturing real relationships with journalists, beyond mere constant pitching. Personalize a pitch. AHF has a print magazine, a website, and a digital newsletter.

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Agency Real Estate Print Pitching 120

OnePitch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In this month’s profile, we are talking with Megan Garbe , the Vice President and Director of Consumer Media Relations at Fahlgren Mortine. Tell us a bit about your day-to-day and your role as the VP, Director of Consumer Media Relations. This is actually a new role for the agency, one that I was thrilled to take on.

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Pitching Consumer How To Education 98

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 13, 2021

Crenshaw Communications, a New York-based public relations agency specializing in B2B technology PR, is seeking an Assistant Account Executive (AAE) to join our dynamic B2B technology team. Assistant Account Executives are client and media-facing, learning to interact with key stakeholders with guidance from senior staff.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 21, 2016

Top PR agencies know the value of a well-crafted PR pitch to get the attention of an overworked and cynical media contact. With that in mind, we have prepared a list of the type of PR pitches to avoid at all costs. With that in mind, we have prepared a list of the type of PR pitches to avoid at all costs.

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Pitching Sports Print Creativity 149

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 3, 2021

The May edition of WaddsCon covered a range of topics from the COVID-19 impact on client/agency relations to the impact on print, and from measurement frameworks to professionalism in public relations. It is an innovative means of internal engagement that often spills out onto social media.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

The wheels in my head were spinning with how I might pitch the story to my editors. Unfortunately, however, the misfire was one in a litany of recent missives based on bad information—a debacle that ultimately prompted me to blacklist dozens of individuals and agencies. The invitation seemed interesting at first. Coverage areas.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

And we’ve written about what agencies need from their client partners in order to be successful. The chief parameters of the client-agency relationship are covered in the letter of agreement, and planning documents will further outline expectations. Has the agency maintained staffing as promised? Beyond The LOA.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Most PR agencies perform the same daily tasks – targeted media outreach, meticulous coverage tracking, and competitive monitoring, among others. While Google is a default monitoring tool for many agencies, it can be time-consuming, and it often misses coverage. Google Trends. Google Trends is underutilized in our view.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2017

Have you decided that 2017 is the year to form a partnership with a new public relations agency? Whether it’s your first foray into agency PR or you’re an old hand at such relationships, we have some advice to help you and your team create conditions for success. Don’t expect the PR agency to do it all.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 10, 2020

In recent years, the way PR and communications pros communicate with the media has undergone rapid evolution. For instance, before reaching out with a story idea, PR professionals should understand the preferred platform and target audience of the journalist or influencer they are pitching, to enhance the chances of a placement or mention.

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Media Pitching Trends Resources 104

Shift Communications

MARCH 15, 2022

What does this have to do with your earned media strategy? Earlier this year, Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism issued its annual Journalism, Media and Technology Trends and Predictions report. Many already had challenges growing revenue with traditional media business models.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today’s PR pros must not only navigate, research and pitch in an increasingly complex media environment but also track (monitor) and measure the results in a way that resonates with stakeholders. This is especially challenging with the increasingly fragmented media ecosystem, but Burrelles can help !

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 21, 2016

We feel that way about George Jones, digital producer with the Raycom corporate news hub, which provides multimedia content for the websites of about 60 TV stationsthat Raycom Media owns and partners with throughout the country. With that great idea pitch, think about something I can use to supplement my story, preferably data.

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Agency Pitching Print Storytelling 120

Landis PR

APRIL 12, 2021

Performance isn’t typically an issue in print — using prose to tell a compelling story is. There’s more time to report and (despite the shrinking news hole) more room in print/digital to provide detail and nuance. What is the wackiest story you have covered? Oh, where to start? I really don’t have one.

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Meeting Media Print Enterprise 98

Landis PR

JULY 25, 2022

Joint public relations campaigns and announcements can be readily managed, especially with an agency involved, and yield highly productive and strategic results for all partners. This recent announcement yielded multiple broadcast and print stories. Agency as convener and facilitator.

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Pitching Agency Print Storytelling 98

5W PR

JANUARY 3, 2024

PR professionals often interact with journalists and media outlets to secure positive coverage and manage the narrative surrounding their clients. Pitching story ideas to journalists to secure media coverage. Building and maintaining relationships with media professionals and stakeholders.

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Marketing Engineering Reputation Product Launch 78

5W PR

AUGUST 27, 2020

Used by non-profit organizations, PR agencies, and other institutions, the earned media technique has been an important path toward making authorities in different industries. That has led to the question: Are satellite media tours still possible? That has led to the question: Are satellite media tours still possible?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 11, 2018

Seeing a client’s interview in a key publication is still a quintessential public relations win, so PR pros spend a lot of time perfecting media pitching. But once we get a “yes” to a pitch or interview request, it’s no time to sit back and relax. PR leverage and amplification. Time to leverage the win.

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Report Interviews Pitching Construction 136

Beyond PR

JULY 14, 2017

But, if you want your pitch to be noticed in a flood of product releases, do your homework and know journalists’ and influencers’ inclinations. To help us sort through all that, we talked to Erinn Sluka , the blogger and influencer behind Parenting Healthy , who gave us a few tips on a successful holiday gift guide pitching effort.

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Prohibition

MAY 13, 2022

From traditional consumer coverage, print to digital and even broadcast coverage – it is all a really powerful way to build brand awareness, present key messages and generate sales for your company. What is media coverage? Why is media coverage important? And any good agency will advise as to what is achievable for you.

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Print Trends Agency Brand 112

Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

But then, last month, TrueScope, which provides media monitoring , raised a $6 million Series A round. Propel is an all-in-one PR platform with media contacts, email distribution and monitoring. The company caught my eye when it said it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze a reporter’s pitching preferences.

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Software Pitching Measurement Enterprise 89

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Christmas in July is more than a cute saying, as planning and pitching for the holidays beings in the early summer. Now that we’re getting closer to holiday madness, gift guide pitching is top of mind for agencies with a consumer portfolio. Long lead pitching happens as early as July for gift guides. Peter McCormack.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The best thing about PR – especially in agency life – is the crazy, fast-paced environment. One hour I might be leading strategic media approach; the next I could be at a local fair handing out product samples to engage directly with consumers. As a data-driven agency, we focus our efforts in concrete evidence and research.

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Agency Apparel Pitching Creativity 60

Prohibition

AUGUST 29, 2023

Influencer partnerships : Collaborate with influential food bloggers, vloggers, or social media personalities to create buzz around your new product or menu item. Media coverage : Reach out to food journalists and writers to secure media coverage for your launch.

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Product Launch Crisis Management Agency Social Media 62

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2016

As SHIFT and the entire industry continues to evolve there is always the question… Is traditional media relations dead? So when a colleague and I pitched a local McDonald’s news story, little did we know what was to come. After an aggressive media relations push, we began to pick up traction in the local market. Client: Blink.

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Print Media Travel Wireless 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Maybe a pitch contains bad info, or a story is printed with a key fact wrong. We’ve learned to take the time to educate clients and demand scrupulous adherence to the facts, warts and all, before committing to an announcement or other story pitch. Beware the overpromise when it comes to media coverage.

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Agency Pitching Construction Print 136

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 15, 2019

This just in: media relations is getting tougher. Consider the following: Demand for media attention is high: Most top-tier writers now receive 100, 250 or 500 pitches a week for 5 story spots. Media is outnumbered: PR Pros now outnumber journalists by a factor of 6 to 1. My pro tip: Write 10 subject lines for each pitch.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Advertising pitches do not work for them. Optimize content for social media platforms. Millennials can be easily reached through social media platforms. Being proactive on social media platforms can help a brand. A centralized platform that can handle customer queries can make management of social media platforms easier.

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Consumer Print Social Media Advertising 78

Konnect Agency

AUGUST 21, 2019

It’s Sunday night, you have a press release hitting the wire at 8:00am Monday morning, need to get pitches out for National Chocolate Day and have four back-to-back client meetings — cue the ‘ Sunday Scaries.’ Media is an ever-changing landscape and new stories pop up every second, some of which you need to act fast to capitalize on.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 16, 2018

Agency teams may think they’re in constant touch with clients as the emails fly back and forth, but that’s not enough. Misguided media relations strategy. Lack of preparation for a media interview. Some CEOs and others in leadership positions shun the idea of media training. Learn and benefit from PR missteps.

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Skype Interviews Crisis Communications Crisis 170

Victorious PR

JANUARY 13, 2023

That is one of the top things we hear as a public relations agency. You have print, television, radio, AND online. For instance, here at Victorious PR, we pitch you to over 100 different publications because of the great relationships that we have formed. “Oh, I run ads, I don’t need PR.”. And we get it.

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Real Estate Publicity Television Radio 52

Cision

MAY 3, 2016

Journalists can see right through your mass emails – and they’ll ignore you if they suspect you aren’t tailoring your pitches. Karen Paff, senior vice president at Ogilvy Public Relations, recommends doing your research and learning as much as you can about the journalists you target before you pitch them your story.

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Polaris

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Public relations, or more precisely media relations, can be a tricky business. The art of getting earned media coverage for a product, service or business is not as easy as it sounds. And while the degree of difficulty varies from brand to brand, the secret to securing editorial is NOT a media release. Consider Crayola.

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Public Relations Sydney

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

Or perhaps you want to pitch a story to a journalist or publication? Often we are asked if there is a standard format for writing a media release. A media release is one of the most effective ways of providing information to media outlets and it is often the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about public relations.

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Media eBook Survey Travel 89

Sword and the Script

JULY 7, 2020

Summary of monthly PR tech news: Muck Rack focuses on public relations management; Prowly enhances media database; new execs at Meltwater and Signal AI The term “public relations management” sounds like an advanced college class but shaping up for something else. In an interview with PRWeek, the company likened it to a CRM for PR.

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Solo PR Pro

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

He developed a love of sports and print media at a young age, and set off to the University of Florida to pursue a degree in journalism. I saw that the media could be a lot more exciting than typing on a laptop,” he says. Crossing over from broadcast media to PR. Unexpectedly, the station asked him to start immediately.

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Cision

DECEMBER 4, 2015

At my first agency job in New York, I worked alongside a media relations specialist who wanted each of his annual coverage reports to be as thick as a phone book. I don’t do media.”. She not only disagreed, she double-downed – forging ahead with the event and all but guaranteeing national media attendance at it.

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Print Interviews Pitching Conference 120